Broadcasting & Cable articles from January 2005

Broadcasting & Cable archives from January 2005

Why Miss America can't get a date: eighty-three-year-old pageant seeks extreme makeover.(American Broadcasting Companies Inc. grabbed 9.8 million viewers in Miss America Pageant 2004 coverage)
January 3, 2005... ABC's September 2004 telecast of the Miss America pageant hit a ratings record-low of 9.8 million viewers--down from more than 25 million in 1995 and a far cry from the 85 million fans of its 1960s heyday. The long ratings drop has festered...

Shows that scored.(Cable Triumph)(cable television grabbed majority shares)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... Chalk up another victory for cable. Thanks to strong programs and smart marketing, ad-supported cable networks earned a bigger piece of the TV audience than their broadcast brethren in 2004. Nielsen Media Research says cable grabbed an all-time...

Where to be and what to watch ...(B&C Week)(Calendar)
January 3, 2005... Monday, Jan. 3 "Destructive." "Insensitive." "Offensive." "Money-grubbing." Hard words? Yes, but when they come from a grassroots effort denouncing a new TV show, they amount to the world's greatest viral ad campaign. Adoption advocates...

Trio is truly solo.(The Robins Report)
January 3, 2005... On Jan. 1, I bid a sad goodbye to Trio. DirecTV no longer had room for the terrific pop-culture channel among its hundreds of networks, most of which I never watch. And forget about the crummy cable system in my area. Cablevision can...

Networks cover tsunami's wake.(Fast Track)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... Unlike the short shrift given to most foreign disasters, U.S. networks are gearing up for long-running coverage of the massive South Asian earthquake and tsunami. With more than 100,000 believed dead (including many tourists) in an array...

Kids flock to 'Housewives'.(Fast Track)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... ABC's Desperate Housewives is the most popular broadcast network TV show with kids ages 9-12. That's according to Nielsen ratings for the week of Dec. 13-19. The sexy ABC adult drama boasted over a million elementary and junior-high...

Fox under fire for two shows.(Fast Track)(Fox Cable Networks Group airs scenes of its upcoming television dramas)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... Fox is under fire for airing scenes in the Jan. 9 debut of drama 24 that portray a Muslim teenager and his parents as members of a terrorist cell plotting a mass attack on Americans. It's the second Fox show to generate controversy in the past...

Goodbye, Lennie.(Fast Track)(Jerry Orbach died of prostate cancer)(Obituary)
January 3, 2005... Actor Jerry Orbach, who spent 12 seasons playing hardboiled detective Lennie Briscoe on NBC's Law & Order, has died of prostate cancer. Orbach, 69, a Broadway and film star before L&O, was a cast member of spin-off Law & Order: Trial By Jury,...

Sirius tops year's best media stocks: predicting the winners and losers of 2005.(Money Talks)(Sirius Satellite Radio Inc)
January 3, 2005... Sirius Satellite Radio company lost half a billion dollars last year, and it'll lose another half billion this year. But that hasn't stopped the company from being the No. 1 stock in the TV and radio business. An anticipated surge of...

The B&C.(News And Comment)(broadcasting industry's stocks report)(Illustration)
January 3, 2005... THE B&C With a look back at the year that was on Wall Street, here are B&C's best and worst stocks of 2004. THE B&C 10 -2.8% BROADCAST TV GROUPS -16.6% CABLE OPERATORS -1.0% RADIO -27.6% ...

Mr. Heyward goes to Washington.(Flash!)(Andrew Heyward met with White House communications director Dan Bartlett)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... Let the fence-mending begin. According to a B&C source in Washington, CBS News President Andrew Heyward, along with Washington bureau chief Janet Leissner, recently met with White House communications director Dan Bartlett, in part to repair...

Ex-Sinclair reporter's vet project.(Flash!)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... When Sinclair Broadcast Group fired reporter Jon Leiberman amid a controversy over the company's seeming political machinations during the Presidential election, the news media rallied around him, praising Leiberman as a paragon of journalistic...

Swear low, sweet chariot.(Flash!)(United States Federal Communications Commission has many indecency issues to deal with)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... The Federal Communications Commission has had so many indecency issues to deal with over the past year. A nipple-flashing Super Bowl halftime performer, a foul-mouthed rock star, a salacious radio shock-jock, cussing D-Day movie soldiers and...

DBS gets FCC nod for religious channels.(Washington Watch)(Direct Broadcast Satellite)(United States Federal Communications Commission)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... DBS operators can keep counting religious channels toward their obligation to carry public-interest channels, the FCC says. Media Bureau Chief Ken Ferree dismissed a complaint against DirecTV brought by the Secular Coalition for America. ...

Media general faces TV/paper fight.(Washington Watch)(media activists filed petition against Media General Inc.'s crossownership)(television)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... Media activists are gearing up to fight Media General's request for an FCC waiver that will let it keep both WMBB-TV and the Jackson County Floridian in Panama City, Fla. Without a waiver to the FCC's ban on local TV/newspaper...

A January to remember: Washington ready to get going in 2005.(News & Comment)
January 3, 2005... As the new year begins, lawmakers in Washington are struggling to resolve issues that have divided the TV-industry trade groups for years. Here is what Congress and the FCC will be up to: JAN. 3: The FCC kicks off 2005 by missing its...

Campaign begins to raise $1 billion for public radio/TV.(Washington Watch)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... Public TV and radio groups have kicked off an initiative to raise new revenue from both public and private sources, perhaps as much as $1 billion or more. The fundraising project will be led by co-chairs Jim Barksdale, the former CEO of...

Networks irked at ban on kids' web addresses.(Washington Watch)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... Major TV networks are balking at FCC limits that kick in Feb. 1 restricting the display of Web site addresses during children's programming. The Big Four broadcast networks, Turner Broadcasting, Time Warner, Discovery and Nick, want the FCC to...

Ratings 12/6-12/04.(Syndication)(Illustration)
January 3, 2005... RATINGS 12/6-12/04 Nielsen Media Research Top 25 Shows HOUSEHOLDS PROGRAM AA GAA 1 Wheel of Fortune 9.4 NA 2 Jeopardy! 8.1 NA 3 ESPN/NFL...

WPIX airs oldies: station counterprograms with '70s sitcoms.(Syndication)
January 3, 2005... TV audiences are welcoming back Kotter, Taxi, The Odd Couple and The Jeffersons. All four are part of WPIX New York's nostalgic programming strategy. Up against a Saturday-night lineup of theatrical movies, owner Tribune chose to...

Tyra gains three.(In Focus)(Warner Bros.' The Tyra Banks Show got three stations)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... Warner Bros.' The Tyra Banks Show has added three stations to its tally, with McGraw-Hill's KMGH Denver, KGTV San Diego and KHQ Spokane, Wash., all signing on. ABC affiliates KMGH and KGTV and NBC affiliate KHQ all join Belo's NBC affiliate KGW...

Eye on retribution.(In Focus)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... Syndicated freshman weekly Eye for an Eye is converting to a strip in fall 2005. It will also be included in national ratings charts in January. The half-hour show is cleared in over 70% of the U.S., according to Atlas, its syndicator. There...

Sci Fi buys Ripley's.(In Focus)(Sci-Fi Channel Inc. to broadcast 88 episodes of Ripley's Believe It or Not)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... NBC Universal's Sci Fi Channel has bought 88 one-hour episodes of Sony's Ripley's Believe It or Not, hosted by Dean Cain. The series first ran on TBS, where it was the cable channel's highest-rated original program for four seasons. In its...

Cable wins big in 2004: ABC Family is up, FX got stronger and Comedy Central soared.(Feature)
January 3, 2005... Score another victory for cable. For the third year in a row, ad-supported cable networks as an aggregate roped in a bigger share of the TV audience than broadcasters. Cable enjoyed an all-time high 52.7 share compared to the seven broadcast...

Dish from the Domestic Goddess: Roseanne sounds off on TV, standup and the end of the world.(Feature)(Roseanne Barr)(Interview)
January 3, 2005... Roseanne Barr has earned her place in history as one of TV's original desperate housewives. The comedienne's ABe sitcom, Roseanne, was a provocative look at the life of a working-class family. Not only was it a commercial smash, with some 222...

The advertising outlook for 2005: from FCC fast-food attacks to changing media budgets, TV may no longer be the No. 1 buy.(Ad Infinitum)(United States Federal Communications Commission)
January 3, 2005... While 2005 is expected to be a good year for advertising in general, it may be a tough one for TV. Media buyers, planners and ad insiders predict renewed regulatory attacks on at least two top commercial categories: prescription drugs and...

They give the 'Go' sign: the top syndication chiefs get ready for NATPE.(Special Report)
January 3, 2005... The titans of syndication are coming off a solid 2004, and they're looking forward to keeping the momentum going when the National Association of Television Program Executives meets in Las Vegas later this month. For the first three...

NBC still a local contender: solid newscasts help keep stations in the running.(Special report: close up: NBC/Telemundo stations)(National Broadcasting Company Inc.)
January 3, 2005... Law & Order and its spinoffs are down in the ratings, and must-see Thursday nights are a thing of the past, but the NBC-owned-and-operated stations are still on track. NBC's 9% decline in prime time (season to date, adults 18-49) thus far...

NBC's other language: Telemundo lags behind, but gives Peacock a place in two worlds.(Special report: close up: NBC/Telemundo stations)(National Broadcasting Companies Inc.)(Telemundo Communications Group Inc.)
January 3, 2005... When NBC bought Telemundo, it seemed like a no-brainer. The general television market is mature and fragmented, and growth has ground to a halt. On the other hand, the Hispanic market is the fastest-growing segment in the U.S. The Census Bureau...

WJW news goes hi-def: Cleveland station saves money, streamlines operations for SD and HD.(Technology)(WJW TV to broadcast in high definition)
January 3, 2005... WJW Cleveland is the latest station to offer viewers local newscasts in high-def. A Fox O&O, WJW made the leap late last year when upgrading its facility. "We have to make every dollar count. We couldn't build a new standard-def plant and...

Late-night HD.(high definition television)(National Broadcasting Company Inc. to broadcast its programs in high definition technology)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... Look for a lot more high-def on NBC late night next year. Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Saturday Night Live and Last Call with Carson Daly will all make the switch, with Conan stepping up first in April. SNL and Last Cal/will follow later in...

Avid fans.(News-Press and Gazette Co. have tapped Avid Systems)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... News-Press and Gazette Broadcasting Co. have tapped Avid to supply end-to-end digital broadcast products for news departments at three stations: KTVZ Bend, Ore., KVIA El Paso, Texas, and KESQ Palm Desert, Calif. All three stations are...

Columbus finds NY1.(Time Warner Cable of New York City expands its automation system)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... Time Warner Cable's NY1 cable news channel has expanded its OmniBus Columbus automation system, making it easier to accommodate locally originated news programming and advertising to and from regional bureaus. Anchors in the Staten Island and...

ABC taps Thomson.(ABC News Inc., Thomson Grass Valley)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... A full complement of Thomson Grass Valley gear is in use at ABC News' studio TV-3, home of World News Tonight and other news programs. The equipment includes a Kalypso Duo Video Production Center, two Apex 512 audio routers, Trinix 512 and 256...

QuStream acquires Pesa.(Pesa Switching Systems )(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... Routing-switcher manufacturer Pesa Switching Systems was bought by QuStream, a private-equity group founded by industry vet (and former Leitch employee) Fred Goddard. Bob McAlpine, Pesa SVP of sales and marketing, will keep his current position...

Leitch gets graphic: the purchase of Inscriber Technology expands product line and visibility.(Technology)
January 3, 2005... Broadcast equipment-maker Leitch has enlarged its business. The company just bought Inscriber Technology, known for its graphic and character-generation technology, for approximately $14.5 million. "Graphics has been a major hole in our...

Tandberg to buy N2 Broadband: move strengthens company's U.S. cable presence.(Technology)(Tandberg Television)
January 3, 2005... To improve its cable-related sales, Tandberg Television plans to acquire N2 Broadband in early 2005. It also wants to make it easier for current broadcast clients to prepare for VOD-distributed content. "We want to help content owners...

Plasma art: gallery player transforms HDTVs.(Tech Q&A)(Gallery Player to provide high definition televisions)(Brief Article)(Interview)
January 3, 2005... When not tuned to prime time programs, plasma screens will eventually display great works of art. Gallery Player expects to market the service, available via cable and DBS, by the end of the year. Scott Lipsky, founder and CEO, discusses the...

Barr keeps WLS on top: GM maintains strong focus on Chicago community.(People)(WLS-TV's general managers Emily Barr)
January 3, 2005... When a fire raged recently at the LaSalle Bank building in Chicago, ABC-owned-and-operated station WLS extended its evening newscast to cover the breaking story. As 8 p.m. approached, the station faced a tough choice: Monday Night Football was...

WAWS.(Broadcast TV)(Collin Gaston appointed)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... COLLIN GASTON, national sales manager, WAWS Jacksonville, Fla., and WTEV Jacksonville, named local sales manager, WAWS Jacksonville.

KPIX.(Broadcast TV)(Angela Lindsay appointed)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... ANGELA LINDSAY, account executive, KRON San Francisco, to KPIX San Francisco in the same capacity.

KHBHK-TV.(Broadcast TV)(Sheryl Wyrostok appointed)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... SHERYL WYROSTOK, general sales manager, KFOG(FM) San Francisco, to account executive, sales, KBHK-TV San Francisco.

Comcast Cable.(Cable TV)(John Pitts promoted)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... JOHN PITTS, regional VP, technical operations, Comcast Cable, Philadelphia, promoted to VP, telephony services, Pennsylvania and Delaware regions.

Insight Communications.(Cable TV)(execuutive promotions)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... At Insight Communications: ALEX CROWLEY, district VP, central Indiana, promoted to VP, phone products, New York; WENDY HENRY, district marketing manager, promoted to district VP, central Indiana.

Time Warner Cable.(Cable TV)(Robert V. Moel appointed)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... ROBERT V. MOEL, president, Kansas City division, Time Warner Cable, Kansas City, Mo., appointed president, southwest division, Time Warner Cable, Flower Mound (Dallas), Texas.

Comcast.(Cable TV)(executive promotions)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... At Comcast, Philadelphia: RACHEL LEE, director, new video product development, promoted to senior director; MICHAEL AARONSON, manager, new product development, promoted to national director, on demand marketing.

Comcast Media Center.(Cable TV)(Jon Shaver appointed)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... JON SHAVER, business development consultant, cable TV programming, various clients, joins Comcast Media Center as director, content development, Denver.

MTV.(Programming)(appointments at MTV Networks Inc.)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... At MTV, New York: LARRY DIVNEY, chief operating officer, ad sales, named president, ad sales; DOUG ROHRER, senior VP/general sales manager, named EVP/senior advisor to Divney; NICOLE VORIAS, VR alternative TV development, The Firm, Los Angeles,...

E! Networks.(Programming)(Suzanne Kolb appointed)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... SUZANNE KOLB, executive VR marketing, The WB Television Network, Los Angeles, appointed senior VR marketing, E! Networks, Los Angeles, effective Jan. 18, 2005.

YES Network.(Programming)(Ray Hopkins appointed at Yankees Entertainment and Sports Network L.L.C.)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... RAY HOPKINS, executive VR affiliate sales and marketing, Gemstar-TV Guide, New York, named chief operating officer, YES Network, New York.

NBC Universal Cable Entertainment.(Programming)(Dan Harrison appointed)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... DAN HARRISON, VP, strategic program planning, Bravo, Burbank, Calif., promoted to senior VP, cross-network strategy and emerging networks, NBC Universal Cable Entertainment, Burbank.

HSN.(Programming)(Diane Weingart appointed)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... DIANE WEINGART, regional manager, new business development, Adelphia Cable, Florida region, appointed VP, affiliate marketing, HSN, St. Petersburg, Fla.

Starz! Entertainment Group.(Programming)(executive promotions)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... At Starz! Entertainment Group: DEBBIE ALTHER, director, program planning and scheduling, promoted to executive director; Christine Flynn, director, on-air promotion, named executive director, creative services; Ellen Mednick, director, on-air...

WWE Enterprises.(Lisa Richards-appointment)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... LISA RICHARDS, manager, sales, marketing and point-of-sale, Starz Encore Group, Hoboken, N.J., named affiliate sales director, Western region, WWE Enterprises, Stamford, Conn.

WCBS.(Journalism)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... ALEX BENES, reporter, presidential conventions/ presidential election, WCBS New York, named executive producer, political and investigative reporting.

KTLA.(Journalism)(Lu Parker appointed)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... LU PARKER, host, Great Day SA, KENS San Antonio, Texas, named co-anchor News@Ten: Weekend Edition, KTLA Los Angeles.

Weekend America, American Public Media.(Journalism)(Kathryn Sott appointed)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... KATHRYN SCOTT, producer, Sound Money, Minnesota Public Radio, St. Paul, Minn., named senior producer, Weekend America, American Public Media, Los Angeles.

Media Center, Tribune Broadcasting.(Journalism)(Tom Sileo appointed)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... TOM SILEO, news production specialist, Associated Press, Washington, D.C., joins the Media Center, Tribune Broadcasting, Washington, as a morning producer.

Linda Narbey, VP/account director, MPG Arnold Advertising, Boston, named senior VP/group planning director, ConAgra refrigerated frozen and snack foods accounts, MediaCom, New York.(Advertising/Marketing/VP)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... LINDA NARBEY, VP/account director, MPG Arnold Advertising, Boston, named senior VP/group planning director, ConAgra refrigerated frozen and snack foods accounts, MediaCom, New York.

New York Times Radio.(Radio)(Tom Bartunek appointed)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... TOM BARTUNEK, general manager, WQXR New York, named president, New York Times Radio.

WPHT(AM).(Radio)(Michael Berkowitz appointed)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... MICHAEL BERKOWITZ, national sales manager, KYW-TV Philadelphia, adds national sales manager, WPHT(AM) Philadelphia.

Television Broadcast Systems, Harris Corporation.(Technology)(Tony Morelli appointed)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... TONY MORELLI, program manager, Prism Wireless business unit, Globespan Virata, Red Bank, N.J., joins broadcast communications division, Television Broadcast Systems, Harris Corporation, Mason, Ohio, as senior manager, TV business programs.

Blonder Tongue Laboratories, Inc.(Allied Fields)(Steve Necessary appointed)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... STEVE NECESSARY, president, video on demand division, Concurrent Computer Corporation, Duluth, Ca., named to board of directors, Blonder Tongue Laboratories, Inc., Old Bridge, N.J.

Crush Editorial.(Allied Fields)
January 3, 2005... MIKE HACKETT, editor, Avenue Edit, Santa Monica, Calif., to staff editor, Crush Editorial, Santa Monica. WHAT'S YOUR FATE? Send it to Melanie M Clarke, editorial assistant, B&C (e-mail: meclarke@ reedbusiness.com; fax: 646-746-7028;...

Datebook.(Calendar)
January 3, 2005... JANUARY 2005 JAN. 6-9 CONSUMER ELECTRONICS ASSOCIATION 2005 INTERNATIONAL CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW Las Vegas, Nev. Contact: www.ce.org JAN. 8 TELEVISION NEWS CENTER ANCHOR TRAINING. Interface Media Group,...

Obituary.(David A. Cohn of CBS Television Network)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
January 3, 2005... DAVID A. COHN, 82, of Boynton Beach, Fla., died Dec. 16, 2004. Cohn was one of CBS Television's top engineers and contributed to the development of electronic news gathering. Cohn joined CBS in 1966 as a project manager and was involved with...

Just the facts.(truth in television news)(Editorial)
January 3, 2005... We did a search for "truth" on Google. We got 53,800,000 results, but there was no way to tell how much actual truth we stumbled onto. One of the first Web sites to come up in our search was one taking aim at Michael Moore's Bowling for...

How cable helped the big four get creative.(Airtime)
January 3, 2005... When Alice went down the rabbit hole and "through the looking glass, things were no longer what they seemed. Up was down, left was right, and things became "curiouser and curiouser." Sounds sort of like television in 2004. For the...

The FCC should listen.(open mike)(Letter to the Editor)
January 3, 2005... In the editorial "Fight the Tyranny of the Minority" (Dec. 20, page 28), the argument that the government shouldn't respond to violations of the law or suggestions for good policy because of public comment or individual persuasion is bizarre....

Bowled over by serials: the much maligned format makes a dramatic comeback.(Opinion)
January 3, 2005... To be continued..." These can be three of the most delicious words in the TV vernacular. They are the tease of every serialized TV show, letting you know that you've been hooked and have little choice but to come back, stay tuned, tell friends...

Where to be and what to watch ...(B&C Week)(Calendar)
January 10, 2005... Monday, Jan. 10 "Smart, fresh and a bit precocious"--there was a time when that might have described Barry Diller and Sumner Redstone. But, alas, it's the Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa's description of The Links, a golf course that--along...

Baptism by water.(The Robins Report)
January 10, 2005... Jon Klein had been president of CNN a mere 12 days when the Asian tsunami hit and began to take its devastating toll. Watch for a while as the story continues to unfold, and you see his influence: how much more time the network is spending with...

Networks are asked to drop junk-food ads.(Fast Track)(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... To help stem rising obesity rates in kids, the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) wants TV networks, stations and food marketers to eliminate "junk-food" and fast-food advertising to anyone under 18. The plea is the...

Smut bill returns.(Fast Track)(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... Indecency foes on Capitol Hill are wasting no time putting more teeth in the FCC's crackdown on TV sex and swearing. Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), chairman of the House Telecommunications Subcommittee, this month will reintroduce his bill...

Independents start selling revolution.(Fast Track)(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... Veteran programming executives Mort Marcus and Ira Bernstein, two well-known independent distributors, are teaming up to distribute films from Revolution Studios in a deal that extends through 2006. The domestic-distribution...

Correction.(Fast Track)(Correction Notice)
January 10, 2005... In the Jan. 3 edition, Money Talks misstated the terms of the Sirius Satellite Radio deal with the National Football League. The satellite radio company will pay the league $200 million over seven years. Also, old bondholders who converted...

Martha Stewart: no negatives, please.(Flash!)(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... Last month, it was announced with great fanfare that reality-TV wizard Mark Burnett was teaming up with his friend Martha Stewart. The alliance promised to make the doyenne of domesticity a bigger TV star than ever, upon her release from prison...

Cartoon Network stays with Toonami.(Flash!)(Tsunami)(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... It seemed so clever at the time. Casting around for a way to brand a block of Japanese animation of the Dragonball Z variety a few years ago, Cartoon Network came up with a cute solution: combining "cartoon" and "tsunami" into "Toonami." ...

Viacom vies for help.(Flash!)(consultants: Mehlman & Vogel)(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... Viacom knows it could use some Republican friends in Washington, and now the company has hired someone to find them. After a year that saw the media giant get in hot water with the FCC over a Super Bowl halftime show engineered by Viacom...

Thanks, but no: should Time Warner pass on Adelphia?(Money Talks)
January 10, 2005... Time Warner is not being secretive about setting its sights squarely on ailing Adelphia Communications' 5 million subscribers. Chairman Dick Parsons openly acknowledges he has billions of dollars to spend and wants to spend them on bulking up...

The B&C 10: week of Dec. 31, 2004-Jan. 6, 2005.(The B&C)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
January 10, 2005... THE B&C 10 WEEK OF DEC. 31, 2004-JAN. 6, 205 WEEK 12 MONTHS -1.2% -2.9% BROADCAST TV GROUPS WEEK 12 MONTHS -2.2% -17.3% CABLE OPERATORS WEEK 12 MONTHS -1.5% -0.2% RADIO...

-17.3%.(XM Satellite Sags)(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... With all the spiffy new products at the Consumer Electronics Show, you'd think related stocks would do better. But neither satellite radio company did well. XM Satellite dropped 7.3%. Rival Sirius didn't budge despite news it will start video...

The media department is back: as clients favor an integrated agency approach, rebundling media is hot again.(Ad Infinitum)
January 10, 2005... Ad agency Deutsch is famous for the double play: integrating media buys with the spots it creates for clients. But an upcoming campaign takes the practice to new heights. the shop has produced individual commercials for each media outlet where...

Subpoena for '60 Minutes'.(Washington Watch)
January 10, 2005... CBS is fighting a subpoena against 60 Minutes' Mike Wallace by Richard M. Scrushy, the former CEO of health-care giant HealthSouth, who is now on trial for securities fraud. Scrushy was the subject of an Oct. 12, 2003, 60 Minutes piece...